The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-06
ABILENE REFLECTOR.
Thursday, January s, 1887.
The New South.

Surely, in spite of the bitter partisan
ship that would continue the war BE-
tween 'i,n north and south until the
crack {, loom for the sake Of partisan
advantage, the relations of the two
sections grow more harmonious as the
people of each draw nearer together IL
business relations and thus come to un
derstand each other better. Years age
it was supposed that the chasm between
Puritan and Cavalier was too wide to he
bridged and too deep to be filled. But
in this year of grace the Cavalier has
been invited TO the birthday feast OF
the Puritan and not only invited, but
has accepted the invitation, and, what
is more to the purpose, shown himself
not only one of the best orators. at the
feast, but as far-sighted and practical
as any Yankee of the lot.
At the annual dinner OF the New
England society of New York, on Fore
fathers day, among the invited guests
was Henry w. Grady, of the Atlantic
Constitution, who responded to the toast,
s'The New South" In his eloquent
speech on this theme Mr.. Grady claimed
that Cavalier and Puritan had served
their purpose and become extinct, but
that in their place had arisen the Amerl-
can citizen, supplanting both and
stronger than either. and that iron
that union slowly maturing and pei
fecting came he who stands as the first
typical American, the sum of Puritan
and Cavalier-Abraham Lincoln" He
then proceeded to say that the south
had found out that the free negro
counts more than he did as slave. 1t
had IL consequence planted the school
on the hill top and made it free to white
and black. 1t was now engaged liz
sowing towns and cities in the place OF
theories and putting business above
politics. It had learned that one north
ern immigrant was worth fifty foreign
ers, and was now engaged in wiping
out the place where the Mason and
Dixon's line used to be, and WAS ready
to admit that the sun shines as brightly
and the moon as softly rs they did be-
fore the war. AS an evidence that the
sonth has fallen in love with work,
Mr.. Grady cited the fact that the rate
of interest had been reduced from "a to
per cent, and the south was now
challenging the cottOn-spinners of
Massachusetts, and the iron-workers of
Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Grady's assertions, taken in con-
nection with the statements of north
ern men like Charles Dudley Warner
and Judge Kelley, that the south of t.
day is in fact new south, should he
accepted as final, and the bitter parti-
san prejudices which are kept alive only
for partisan advantage should be buried
OuO Va Oh, AT stbO IO4ChNI. llO oOulu ~
day is as loyal to the nation as the
north and just as glad that slavery is
abolished and cannot be restored, ii
the prejudices of war can Gie cut u
the conquered, certainly il should de
out of the hearts of the conquerors, a.
it probably has out Of the hearts of the
men in blue who did the real fighting
against those in gray. 1t is to be hoped
that southern anniversaries will be at
tended by northern men in future and
that the north will vie With Mr.. Grady
and other progressive men who have
made the south a new south in wiping
out the last vestiges of old-time preju-
dice and antagonism. Mr.. Grady has
shown that men can be loyal to the |
memories of the past while alive to the |
demands and opportunities of the pres
ent, and his commendable example |
should be followed by all men, north as |
well as the south, who desire the well |
fare of the whole country.-Ph,lqdeL- |
phiG Times.